OSP changes name back to Northern Gulf Affairs Office

http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8725

The Pentagon PR
Machine At Work
Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld is a commentary editor and audio producer for TomPaine.com.

The Pentagon has renamed a small but controversial office that, according to critics, prepared its own analyses of Iraq-related intelligence for use by the Secretary of Defense and White House to justify the war in Iraq. The office was at the center of accusations the administration ignored more measured analyses of the threat posed by Iraq produced by the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of State.

The Office of Special Plans (OSP), which reported to Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, was created in October 2002 to deal with the global terror threat. It was later expanded to assist with planning the military's build-up for the Iraq war and post-conflict reconstruction, various Pentagon spokesmen have said.

A report in New York Newsday on Aug. 12 said military officials this July decided the office should revert to its original name, the Northern Gulf Affairs Office. A Pentagon spokesman confirmed the report, saying the restored name of the regional policy office was a better and more accurate description of its role and responsibilities.

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That's their goal.

or School of the Americas...doesn't matter what you
change the name to if you make the same product or
undo the same intelligence...